Oh, my God, there are so many! “ One ,” U2 ? “ Hallelujah ,” Jeff Buckley? Each song speaks to that experience and time of love and life and joy and fun. And finally, for all the Punky Brewster fans out there, we have to ask: Is there a song on your playlist that speaks to that inner strength or Punky Power for you? I’d be so moved by songs she sent me that I would cut sequences of Kid 90 to fit the music, which is such a gift. Working with her was an incredible source of inspiration. How did Perry’s score influence the film?Įvery song connected so much with the emotion that I was going through at that time. Reading this letter and hearing the song Perry created felt like the teen me and the adult me coming together again. And sometimes we steer away from those dreams. Was I living the life that I expected for myself? Often in our youth we have these dreams of all that we’re going to become and somewhere along the way, we get caught up in life. It was profoundly moving for me to rediscover the letter because it made me look inward and question whether I made that teenager proud. In it, I asked myself, “Who are you? Have you made your life worthy? Have you found a place to belong?” The song itself was inspired by a real letter I wrote to myself at age 15. She just put her heart, soul, pain, love, just everything into it. It was such an incredible experience working together. Really, she scored the music of my life, and did it beautifully. She actually saw an early cut of the documentary and said, “I want to give you your own soundtrack,” which was such an honor. Perry has been a true muse to me throughout this incredible experience. Linda Perry has inspired me since the ’90s - you can see 4 Non Blondes is on my playlist. How did she end up joining the project and collaborating with you? Linda Perry and her first new song in 15 years, “ The Letter ,” are featured in Kid 90. My girls love Mazzy Star, they love Portishead and Tricky and Notorious B.I.G. And it was so fun to see my kids discovering the music of that time too. People and bands like Bruce Springsteen, Mojave 3, Mazzy Star, A Tribe Called Quest. Some of my favorite musicians have all come back to me. In the process of making the playlist, did you rediscover any songs or artists that you had forgotten? The playlist is definitely a collage of lots of moments.
I’ll never forget going on tour with Danny Boy and House of Pain, and he would pop that CD in, and we would listen to it over and over, so on my playlist I added “Mary Jane’s Last Dance.” Another one of the most impactful albums in the ’90s for me was Tom Petty ’ s Greatest Hits. One of my favorites, which I needed to put in my playlist because it had to do with every teen love experience, is “ Almost Hear You Sigh ” by The Rolling Stones.
It was really a challenge to separate between the ’80s and ’90s because there are songs that are so definitive of the ’90s even though they were released in the late ’80s. We noticed a few ’80s hits made it on the playlist. There were so many albums and artists that I played over and over again. Sinead O’Connor coming out with “ Nothing Compares 2 U. It was the soundtrack to my life back then. Liz Phair I would just play over and over again for every one of my teenage angst moments. We were so alive at that time.Īnd growing up in Los Angeles, I remember Portishead and Tricky, music that got me through love and through all of those teen emotions. We would listen to the most incredible hip-hop and sit around and laugh, share stories, and talk about our experiences. In New York City, for example, there was so much hip-hop and reggae. The playlist shows where I was and the songs I was hearing. How does the playlist reflect your experience during that era? The camera almost became like a safety device, a protective device between me and others, where as long as I put my pain or my insecurities through the lens of looking at the world, I could turn it into art. I was on this path of self-discovery and was going through the trials and tribulations of growing up. In my preteen years I started carrying a video camera with me everywhere I went.Īs a teenager, I had so many questions. By the time I was 12 years old, I had an audio recorder. At five years old, I started writing in diaries. I feel like there was always this journalist inside of me from the time I was really young. What drew you to video and document your life as you did for Kid 90 ? Photo courtesy of Soleil Moon Frye We now capture and document everything on social media, but the ’90s was a very different world.
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